Comb cleaner



l July 1, 1925. 1,545,334

WITNESS:

G. LA BARA 00MB CLEANER Filed Nov. 17, 1924 Patented July 7, 1925.

PATENT oFFicE.

GIUsErrE LA BABA, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMB CLEANER.

Application filed November 17, 1924. Serial No. 750,414.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GIUSEPPE LA BABA, a subject of the King of Italy,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Comb Cleaners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to comb cleaners and its principal object is toprovide a device embodying a plurality of parallel flexible strands ofcomb cleaning elements adapted to he passed between the teeth of a combto remove dandruif and other foreign matter therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter wherein parallel flexible elements are removable so that uponwearing out of the same, new ones may be arranged in their place.

The invention further contemplates a comb cleaner embodying end membersor heads to which the comb teeth cleaning elements are secured, thelatter being passed through plates which are latched to the heads or endmembers.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind,.theinvention consists in the novell construction and arrangement of partsand operations, to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed andillustrated `in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is anelevation of the comb cleaner constructed in accordance with my f invention. y

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation taken at right angles to Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4; of Figure l.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein corresponding characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts through out the several views,the numerals 5 and 6 designate a pair of identically constructed endmembers or heads, and each of these end members or heads are constructedfrom a sheet of metal bent in substantially V- shape in cross sectionand are provided with parallel guide flanges 7 at their inner or movedback and forth on the same.

open end. Slidably received in the flanges 7 in each of the members 5 isa plate 8 having a plurality of parallel slots 9 therein and furtherprovided with a latch receiving recess 10 adjacent their outer ends. Thecomb cleaning elements embody a plurality of ribbons arranged inparallel relation and are designated by the numeral 1l. 'Ihese ribbonsconsist of a single strip of longitudinal strands which is interlacedthrough the slots 9 in the plates 8, as illustrated in Figure 3.

VIn order to lock the plates 8 in position the latch elements 12 arepivoted to the end walls of each of the head members and are engageablein the latch receiving slots.

As shown in Figure 4, one of the head or end members 5 is provided witha Ushaped yoke orloop 13 adapted to be secured to a securing member ltattached to a wall or other structure. A yhandle 15 is carried by theother head or end member 5 and consists of a length of wire having itsends pivotally engaged with the member 6 and formed with a hand engagingpart as shown.

In the use of the device, the comb is engaged with the parallel strandsand then is This operation removes all of the dirt and dandrufl" orother foreign matter which is usually between the teeth of the comb. Furthermore, when the teeth cleaning elements become worn, the plates 8 maybe slid from the flanges 7 and new teeth cleaning elements associatedwith tlie'same.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention, I desire to have it understood that such changes may be madein the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not departfrom the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

l. A device of the character described comprising a pair of V-shaped incross section, open-ended, end members one of which being adapted to beattached to a support, ahandle carried by the. other end member, platesremovably received in the open ends of the end members and latchelements car ried by the end members and engageable with the plates, anda plurality of flexible, comb teeth engaging strands carried by theplates. Y

2. A comb cleaner comprising a pair of end members provided with openends, parallel guard flanges on each of the open ends of the endmembers, plates engaged in the flanges and provided with latch`receiving notches adjacent one end thereof, a piv- `oted latch elementcarried by the head 1nem bers and engageable with the latch receivingnotches, and a ribbon interlaced through the plates to provide a combcleaning means consisting of a plurality of parallel ilexible ribbons. f

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature.

l GIUSEPPE LA BABA.

